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Published 17:26 30 Dec 2017 GMT
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"The Sun is my favourite newspaper ... I will wear their logo on my shorts and they will work with Eddie Hearn to promote my fight one day... After I knock you out my first interview will be with the Sun."
The tweets were widely derided on social media, including by Liverpudlian Tony Bellew.
https://twitter.com/TonyBellew/status/946791336316940288
https://twitter.com/TonyBellew/status/947078370327760897
Davies apologised on Saturday morning, writing:
"I was totally ignorant of and up to now am still partly ignorant as I've read up what happened but am not yet totally sure what part the newspaper had to do with the 96 deaths."https://twitter.com/OharaDavies/status/947031424313544704 However, Matchroom promoter Hearn has taken action, and has removed Davies from the upcoming fight card.
"Following comments made by Ohara Davies on social media yesterday, we have removed him from our February 3 show at the O2 Arena. Whilst I believe his comments were made through ignorance they were unacceptable and highly offensive to many of our friends, fighters and to a city that we have a huge amount of respect for."https://twitter.com/EddieHearn/status/947107796587286528

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